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Drake is as soon as once more the butt of jokes on social media, and it’s not as a result of Kendrick Lamar dropped one other diss document however as a result of his personal label had bars for him.
Noticed on Selection, Common Music Group let the chopper spray on Drizzy in a movement to dismiss the Canadian’s lawsuit towards the music label accusing them of pushing Lamar’s epic diss document, “Not Like Us.”
Within the dismissal, UMG claims that Drake is in his emotions and suing as a result of he “misplaced a rap battle” and his resolution to sue was solely to “salve his wounds.”
Rattling.
Per Selection:
The movement, filed earlier at present and reviewed by Selection, took a reducing method to creating the case for dismissal, claiming that Drake “misplaced a rap battle that he provoked and by which he willingly participated. As an alternative of accepting the loss just like the unbothered rap artist he usually claims to be, he has sued his personal document label in a misguided try and salve his wounds. Plaintiff’s Grievance is totally with out benefit and must be dismissed with prejudice.”
The submitting additionally calls the rapper who claimed to “research rap battles for a dwelling” a hypocrite, noting that lower than three years in the past, he signed a public petition criticizing “the pattern of prosecutors utilizing artists’ artistic expression towards them” and stating their lyrics as reality. “Drake was proper then and is fallacious now.”
The movement continues, “Grievance’s unjustified claims towards UMG are not more than Drake’s try to save lots of face for his unsuccessful rap battle with Lamar.”
Drizzy’s Legal professional Responds To UMG’s Submitting
Drake did reply, nicely his legal professional, Michael J. Gottlieb, did in a press release shared with Selection.
“UMG needs to fake that that is a couple of rap battle to be able to distract its shareholders, artists and the general public from a easy reality: a grasping firm is lastly being held answerable for taking advantage of harmful misinformation that has already resulted in a number of acts of violence. This movement is a determined ploy by UMG to keep away from accountability, however we have now each confidence that this case will proceed and proceed to uncover UMG’s lengthy historical past of endangering, abusing and benefiting from its artists.”
Social Media Is Clowning Drake
Drake’s try and sue UMG was already frowned upon by music and Hip-Hop followers alike, and now he catching extra strays after getting clowned by his personal label.
“UMG actually hit Drake with a Reverse uno,” one submit on X, previously Twitter, learn.
One other submit learn, “all that speak of kendrick being a hypocrite drummed up by that fanbase just for UMG to level out how drake can be one……”
Welp.
You possibly can see extra reactions within the gallery beneath.
Drake Clowned By UMG In Scathing Movement To Dismiss The Rapper’s “Not Like Us” Lawsuit
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